Acrylic, collage, pencil, ink and pen on paper. Tom and James 2011
Tom and James Hancock are two brothers who have influenced and assisted each other in their drawing and painting practice since the very beginning of their lives. James was born in 1977 and Tom was born on 1981 with Downs Syndrome.
Their collaboration is unique as they are sharing experiences between the outsider and “insider” art world. James identifies with Toms abstract use of visual coding and Tom builds around James’ skilled and confident mark making. Tom relaxes James’ technical obsessions, and James enables Tom’s concentration and playful mark making. Together they make worlds of experience, encompassing people around them and their actions, animals, plants, engines, and sometimes hilarious nods to the human experience and perception.
Both of them are interested in obsession, both within mark making and the role obsession plays with perception and life in general.
James currently lives between studios in Sydney, Australia and Brooklyn, NY. Tom lives in an assisted living home within the community in Sydney, Australia. The results of their collaborations are outstanding.
Tom and James Hancock drawing for a show in Switzerland
Acrylic, ink and pen on lacquered wood panel. Tom and James 2011
Acrylic and ink on wood (in preparation for upcoming show
2 Colour silkscreen from collaborative drawing by Tom and James
Acrylic, ink and pen on lacquered wood panel. Tom and James 2011
Pencil, ink and pen on paper. Tom and James 2011
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